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Plants for Zone 8 That Bloom in May

769 plants in the BloomsEye library that are hardy in USDA hardiness zone 8 and typically flower in May, such as False Indigo, Peony and Tulip. Each entry lists its bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's bloom months and USDA hardiness zones, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 769 plants, 621 have been checked against outside sources (43 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations. Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani'

Full sunZones 2–116 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Czechmark Trilogy

Weigela 'Czechmark Trilogy'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Dalmatian Peach

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dalmatian Purple

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dames de Chenonceau Rose

Rosa 'Dames de Chenonceau'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Dandy Man Color Wheel Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'NCRX1'

Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dandy Man Purple Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'LavJ2011'

Part shadeZones 4–97 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Ausdecorum'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Trifolium repens 'Atropurpureum'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Dark Lord Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Dark Lord'

Part shadeZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lamium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Decadence Blueberry Sundae False Indigo

Baptisia 'Blueberry Sundae'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Dark Chocolate False Indigo

Baptisia 'Dark Chocolate'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Deluxe Pink Truffles False Indigo

Baptisia 'Pink Truffles'

Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Lemon Meringue False Indigo

Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue'

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Sparkling Sapphires False Indigo

Baptisia 'Sparkling Sapphires'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Decadence Vanilla Cream False Indigo

Baptisia 'Vanilla Cream'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Deep Rose Gerbera

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Delaware Valley White

Rhododendron 'Delaware Valley White'

Part shadeZones 6–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Delta Eclipse Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica 'Deleb'

Full sunZones 7–99 ftLow

Ilex glabra 'Densa'

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rosa 'Auskindling'

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftModerate

Desert Globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Full sunZones 5–103.5 ftLow

Chilopsis linearis

Full sunZones 7–919 ftModerate

Diamantina Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo039'

Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Diamond Spire Gardenia

Gardenia 'Leefive'

Part shadeZones 7–103.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Paeonia 'Do Tell'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clematis 'Doctor Ruppel'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dolce Apple Twist Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Apple Twist'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Dolce Silver Gumdrop Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Silver Gumdrop'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Rosa 'Dolly Parton'

Full sunZones 6–104.5 ftModerate

Rosa 'Don Juan'

Full sunZones 6–910 ftModerate

Rosa 'Double Delight'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Double Play Blue Kazoo Spirea

Spiraea media 'Smsmbk'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Double Play Dolly Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjsa'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Doozie Spirea

Spiraea 'Ncsx2'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Gold Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Yan'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Double Play Princess Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Farrowsjko'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Double Play Red Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Smnsjmfr'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Double Take Eternal White Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Smncsdw'

Full sunZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Iris douglasiana

Part shadeZones 7–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dragon Lady Holly

Ilex × aquipernyi 'Meschick'

Full sunZones 6–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Trifolium repens 'Dragon's Blood'

Full sunZones 4–94 inModerate

Dressed To Thrill Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata 'Smnbfw'

Full sunZones 6–921 ftModerate

Rosa 'Meijocos'

Full sunZones 4–111.5 ftModerate

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Drummond's Pink

Phlox subulata 'Drummond's Pink'

Full sunZones 3–96 inLow

Duchesse de Nemours

Paeonia 'Duchesse de Nemours'

Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dutch Chocolate

Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Listed as toxic to cats

Iris × hollandica

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dutch Iris Sapphire Beauty

Iris 'Sapphire Beauty'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Lonicera periclymenum 'Belgica'

Full sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia macrophylla

Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Symphytum grandiflorum

Part shadeZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Crested Iris

Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Dwarf Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nanus'

Part shadeZones 6–104 inModerate

Nepeta 'Early Bird'

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftLow

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